Metal railway-tie and rail-fastener.



V. E. DAVIS; METAL RAILWAY TIE AND RAIL FASTENEB.

APPLICATION FILED NARA, 1912.

Patented Dec.- 3, 1912.

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DENVER, COLORADO.

METAL RAILWAY-TIE AND RAIL-FASTENER.

Application filed. March 42, 1912.

Specification of Letters Patent.

flatonited Bee. 3., 46

Serial N0. 63 8.

To Z! whom it may concern:

7 lie it known that. l, heron E. Davis, citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Denver and State of Uoloradofifetve invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metal Railway-Ties and Rail-Fasteners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention such as will enable. others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referenee being had to the accompanying drawings. and to the chartuzters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

l\l\' invention relates to nproven'ients in thereforv acted o't' metal .mw be rolled similar to that railway ties and rail My inii'nm'ed tie is (301 and is of such shape that or n'mnu'lnctured in a manner of railway rails.

In the upper surface or T-head of the tie is a. groove of a dove-tail shape adapted to receive rail fastening; devices which are of counterpart shape. These devices are three in number. one of them being interposed between the two rails and spacing; the latter. the opp ite extremities of this member m'erlap cing the base oi" the two rails on the inside; while the other fastening members are located on the outside of the respectiverails and overlap the outer flanges of the rails. These outside fastening! members are yield in place by any suitable means. As

shaped r'eys so id tasr houlders illustrated in the drawing. are employed, which straddle the. teninn members ust. outlde of teamed thereon. whereby the standpoint.

Having; briefly construction. ll will proceel to 1 same in detail, reference being accompanying drawing, in ash (rated embodiment thereof.

outlined my improved cribe .he

In this draii'ing. it igure 1 is a. side elevation of one of my improved ties with the rail-fastening means in place, the rails being shown in cross-section. Fig. .2 is a top-plan View showing twoof the ties with the rails in place. On the right of this View one oi? the rail members ispartly broken away and l l l g l l l a l l l l l l l I The sanie'referenee characters indicate the same parts in all. of the views.

Let the numeral 5 designate 111), improved tie considered in. its entirs his tie has the general shape of an Z-beam, the top and bottom members 6 and 7 being connected a web 4. The top member of the tie is relatively thick or heavy and in it is formed a dove-tailed groove 8 of uniform size extending lengthwise the tie. When the tie is in use the rails 9 rest on top thereof being suitably spaced by a fastening member 10, which is formed to fit the dove-tailed groove 8 in the top of the tie, and extend above the same, its opposite extremities engaging the base flanges of the two rails on inside. Also fitted into the groove 8 on the outside of the respective rails are. fastening members 12. Whose inner extremities l3 overlap the flanges of the rails on the outside. 'lhese fastening; members 12 are held in place by U-t-ahaped keys M, the transverse members of the la'eys engaging shoulders formed on the fastening nien'ibers 12 just outside of the overlapping extremities 13;

shaped he}, straddle the fastenin members 1i. and the parallel arms of each key pasthrough openings 16 torinediin th portions 17 of the head of the tie. th being so. arranged that 'th e hey extend into the spaces l of the and on o W b thereof.

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be applied In brder to facilitate introduction oi suitable tool or instrument torremrixi'irig the ll-shaped keys'ld, each of the fastening dev ses as provided gust outside of, or beyond its shoulder and extending be yond the hey when the latter is in place,

with a recess 18. As this recess extends underneath the key, it afiords a good opportunity for the introduction of the point of a "l :ey-rernoving tool.

From the foregoing description, the use of my improved tie and rail fastening means will be readily understood. The length of the fastening members 10 is determined by the gage of the track or the. distance between the rails. Hence these membersare of such length as to properly space the'rails,

their opposite extremities 11 overlapping the flanges on the inside, as heretofore explained. W'hen the rails are in place and spaced. by the fastening member 10, the fastoning devices 12 are applied to the top of the tie from the opposite ends of the latter, their inner extremities 13 being caused to overlap the base flange of the tie on the outside. The U-shaped securing keys 14: are then introduced and their extremities slightly separated or spread to prevent pos sible removal through vibration or other causes incident to the use of the track, as heretofore explained.

iaving thus described my invention What I claim is: i 1

l. A metal railway tie having the general shape ot an I-heaiu and whose head is provided with a longitudinally-disposed groove adapted to receive rail-'lastening devices, the head of the tie on opposite sides being equipped with ()1')(,Ull1g5 and U-shaped clips adapted to, straddle said rail fastening de-- vices and project into said openings.

lhe combination with a railway tie whose upper surface is prmided with a longitudinal groove, of rail-securing devices adapted to enter said groove and overlap the opposite flanges at the base of the rails,

oa ers head of the tie on opposite sides being equipped with shaped clips adapted to ders and extending into said openings, stantially as described.

vertical openings and U engage said shoulsub- 3. The combination of a metal railway tiehaving the general shape of an I-beam, the

head or top fastening devices being formed the counter the he, and

part in shape of the groove in U-shaped keys straddling the outer fastening members and assed'thropgh openings formed in the-head ties of the key occupying positions posits sides of the web of the tie, the exof the tie having a longitudip nally-disposed groove of dove-taikshape, comprislng a?" the two rails and other fastening members engaging of the tie, the extrem on op-a'. 9

tremities of the fastening key? beingQs'plit',

each outside fastening mem erhavlng a shoulder which engages the transverse member of the key, substantially as describedj 4. The combination of a metal railway tie having a longitudinally disposed dovetailed groove formed in its upper surface, the. said tie being of the general shape of an I-beamin cross-section, and fastening devices ada ted to-fit into the said groove, one of sai tween the two rails and whose extremities overlap the flanges on the inside, other devices also engage. the said groove, the inner extremities of both the latter devices overlapping the flanges ofthe rails on the outside, the last named devices having shoulders outside pf their overlapping portion, and U-shapedfastening keys arranged to straddle the last named fastening devices, being located just outside of the shoulders of the latter, the said shoulders engaging said keys, the arms of thekeys beiug passed 7 oppositesides'of the head of the tie, the extremities of the U-shaped keys being splitdevices being interposedbewhile the through openings formed in, the

for fastening purposes, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof; afiix my signature oftwo witn ses.

in' presence VICTOR E. DAVIS.

A. J. OBRIEN, F. E. Bowen. 

